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Encyclopedia > Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!
"Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!"
Song by The Beatles
from the album
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Released 1 June 1967
Recorded February and March, 1967
Genre Psychedelic rock
Length 2:37
Label Parlophone
Writer(s) Lennon/McCartney
Producer(s) George Martin
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band track listing
Side one
  1. "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"
  2. "With a Little Help from My Friends"
  3. "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"
  4. "Getting Better"
  5. "Fixing a Hole"
  6. "She's Leaving Home"
  7. "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!"
Side two
  1. "Within You Without You"
  2. "When I'm Sixty-Four"
  3. "Lovely Rita"
  4. "Good Morning Good Morning"
  5. "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)"
  6. "A Day in the Life"

"Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!" is a 1967 song from The Beatles album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band composed primarily by John Lennon with input from Paul McCartney[1] and credited to Lennon/McCartney. A song is a relatively short musical composition. ... The White Album, see The Beatles (album). ... Back cover The back cover of the original 1967 UK LP. This release featured (for the first time on a Beatles album) complete lyrics. ... June 1 is the 152nd day of the year (153rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Parlophone is a record label which was founded in Germany prior to World War I by the Carl Lindstrom Company. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... The songwriting credit Lennon/McCartney appears on all Beatles songs that were written by John Lennon and/or Paul McCartney without the aid of the other two Beatles, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Sir George Henry Martin CBE (born 3 January 1926 in Highbury, London, England) is sometimes referred to as the fifth Beatle—a title that he owes to his work as producer of almost all of The Beatles records. ... Back cover The back cover of the original 1967 UK LP. This release featured (for the first time on a Beatles album) complete lyrics. ... Sgt. ... Sgt. ... Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds is a song written mainly by John Lennon (credited to Lennon/McCartney) in 1967, and recorded by The Beatles for their album Sgt. ... Getting Better is a song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney based on an original idea by McCartney. ... Fixing a Hole is a song written by Paul McCartney (credited to Lennon/McCartney) and performed by The Beatles on the 1967 album Sgt. ... Shes Leaving Home is a song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney and performed by the Beatles on the album Sgt. ... Within You Without You is a song written by George Harrison and recorded with a group of Indian musicians, without any input from his fellow Beatles. ... When Im Sixty-Four is a love song by The Beatles, written by Paul McCartney (but co-credited to John Lennon) and released in 1967 on their album Sgt. ... Lovely Rita is a song by the Beatles off of the album Sgt. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Sgt. ... A Day in the Life is a song composed by John Lennon and Paul McCartney and recorded by The Beatles for their album Sgt. ... The White Album, see The Beatles (album). ... Back cover The back cover of the original 1967 UK LP. This release featured (for the first time on a Beatles album) complete lyrics. ... John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (October 9, 1940 – December 8, 1980), (born John Winston Lennon, known as John Ono Lennon) was an iconic English 20th century rock and roll songwriter and singer, best known as the founding member of The Beatles. ... Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942) is an Academy Award- and Grammy Award-winning English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who first gained worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles. ... The songwriting credit Lennon/McCartney appears on all Beatles songs that were written by John Lennon and/or Paul McCartney without the aid of the other two Beatles, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. ...

The poster upon which the song is based.
The poster upon which the song is based.

Lennon wrote the song taking inspiration from a nineteenth century circus poster which he purchased in an antique shop in January or February of 1967, while filming the promotional video for the song "Strawberry Fields Forever" in Kent.[2] Image File history File links Download high resolution version (640x1208, 60 KB)1843 Poster upon which a Beatles song is based. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (640x1208, 60 KB)1843 Poster upon which a Beatles song is based. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... For the province in the Philippines, see Antique (province) and for the band, see Antique (duo). ... BRILLIANT SONG! Music sample Strawberry Fields Forever ( file info) Problems? See media help. ... coat of Arms of Kent For other uses, see Kent (disambiguation). ...


Recording

One of the more musically complex songs on Sgt. Pepper, it was recorded on 17 February 1967 with overdubs on 20 February (organ sound effects), 28 March (harmonica, organ, guitar), 29 March (more organ sound effects), and 31 March.[3] Lennon wanted the track to have a "carnival atmosphere", and told producer George Martin that he wanted "to smell the sawdust on the floor." In the middle eight bars, multiple recordings of fairground organs and calliope music were spliced together to attempt to produce this request; after a great deal of unsuccessful experimentation, George Martin instructed Geoff Emerick to chop the tape into pieces with scissors, throw them up in the air, and re-assemble them at random.[4] February 17 is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... February 20 is the 51st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... March 28 is the 87th day of the year (88th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... March 29 is the 88th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (89th in leap years). ... March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (91st in leap years), with 275 days remaining. ... Carnival or Carnivale is an annual Christian festival season. ... Sir George Henry Martin CBE (born 3 January 1926 in Highbury, London, England) is sometimes referred to as the fifth Beatle—a title that he owes to his work as producer of almost all of The Beatles records. ... A middle eight is a technical term referring to a standard song format used in many pop songs. ... Fairground organ A fairground organ is a pipe organ which is not played from a keyboard, but rather by mechanical means such as music roll or book music, and designed originally to be used on a fairground or in the United States on a carousel or in a dance-hall... Circus calliope, lithograph by Gibson & Co. ... Engineer Geoff Emerick. ...


On 17 February, before take 1, Lennon sings "For the benefit of Mr. Kite" in a joke accent, just before Emerick announces, "For the Benefit of Mr. Kite!, take 1." Lennon immediately responds, "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!", reinforcing his title preference, a phrase lifted intact from the original poster. The exchange is recorded in The Beatles Recording Sessions (slightly misquoted)[2] and audible on track 8 of disc 2 of Anthology 2. February 17 is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article needs cleanup. ... This article needs cleanup. ... The Beatles Anthology 2 is an album released in March 1996, and includes rarites and alternatives tracks from the sessions for Help! through the sessions for Magical Mystery Tour and singles they were planning to release before their trip to India in 1968. ...


Although Lennon once said of the song that he "wasn't proud of that" and "I was just going through the motions,"[5] in 1980 he described it as "pure, like a painting, a pure watercolour."[6]


It was one of three songs from the Sgt. Pepper album that was banned from playing on the BBC, supposedly because the phrase "Henry the Horse" combined two words that were individually known as slang for heroin. Lennon denied that the song had anything to do with heroin.[6] The British Broadcasting Corporation, which is usually known as the BBC, is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion. ... Heroin (INN: diacetylmorphine, BAN: diamorphine) is an opioid synthesized directly from the extracts of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum. ...


Notes

  1. ^ Barry Miles (1997). Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now. New York: Henry Holt & Company, 318. ISBN 0-8050-5249-6. 
  2. ^ a b Mark Lewisohn (1988). The Beatles Recording Sessions. New York: Harmony Books, 98. ISBN 0-517-57066-1. 
  3. ^ Mark Lewisohn (1988). The Beatles Recording Sessions, 98, 99, 105-106. 
  4. ^ Mark Lewisohn (1988). The Beatles Recording Sessions, 99. 
  5. ^ The Beatles (2000). The Beatles Anthology. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 243. ISBN 0-8118-2684-8. 
  6. ^ a b David Sheff (2000). All We Are Saying: The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono. New York: St. Martin's Press, 183. ISBN 0-312-25464-4. 

Barry Miles (commonly known as, and called, simply Miles) is an author who has written biographies of Paul McCartney, William Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg as well as books about John Lennon, the Beatles and Frank Zappa. ... Mark Lewisohn (born 1958) is one of the worlds foremost experts on The Beatles. ... Mark Lewisohn (born 1958) is one of the worlds foremost experts on The Beatles. ...

External links

  • Discussion of the original poster, with images and text
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The Beatles
Members John Lennon • Paul McCartney • George Harrison • Ringo Starr
Pete Best • Stuart Sutcliffe
Management Allan Williams • Brian Epstein • Allen Klein • Lee Eastman • Neil Aspinall • Mal Evans • Alistair Taylor • Apple Records
Production George Martin • Geoff Emerick • Norman Smith • Ken Scott • Phil Spector • Jeff Lynne • Abbey Road Studios
Please Please Me (1963) • With The Beatles (1963) • A Hard Day's Night (1964) • Beatles for Sale (1964) • Help! (1965) • Rubber Soul (1965) • Revolver (1966) • Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) • Magical Mystery Tour (U.S., 1967 / U.K., 1976) • The Beatles (The White Album) (1968) • Yellow Submarine (1969) • Abbey Road (1969) • Let It Be (1970)
Official post-
breakup albums
 Live at the BBC (1994) • Anthology 1–3 (1994–1996) • Let It Be… Naked (2003) • Love (2006)
Official compilations
 1962–1966 (1973) • 1967–1970 (1973) • Past Masters, Volume One (1988) • Past Masters, Volume Two (1988) • 1 (2000)
Filmography A Hard Day's Night (1964) • Help! (1965) • Magical Mystery Tour (1967) • Yellow Submarine (1968) • Let It Be (1970)
Related articles
 Line-ups • Bootlegs • Discography • Love (Cirque du Soleil) • Lennon/McCartney • Influence • Beatle boots • The Quarrymen • The Beatles' breakup • London • Beatlemania • Fifth Beatle • Paul is dead • The Beatles (TV series) • British Invasion • Apple Corps • Northern Songs • Yoko Ono • Linda McCartney • Billy Preston • Tony Sheridan • Chas Newby • Andy White • Jimmy Nicol • Astrid Kirchherr • Klaus Voormann


 

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